ENDANGERED TURTLE HATCHLINGS DRAWN TO DEADLY CONCRETE JUNGLES
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If you’ve seen Planet Earth 2 you’ll recognise this scene: a newly hatched Hawksbill Turtle follows its natural instincts to head towards moonlight (and the ocean), but get disoriented and confused by the city lights behind it and ends up on the road instead, where hundreds more hatchlings suffer the same fate and end up hit by cars or stuck in drains.
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Luckily for these turtles, a dedicated group of volunteers are on hand every night to try and save as many hatchlings as possible and get them back to the ocean where they belong. For the turtles filmed in the episode, it was the amazing team at Barbados Sea Turtle Project who ensures every turtle filmed made it back to the ocean.
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So what about hatchlings in other parts of the world? Is this a problem on a more global scale? The answer, it appears, is yes.
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WHAT CAN WE DO:
* Find out if there’s an organisation set up near you that rescues hatchlings and helps them get to the ocean. If there is, volunteer with them!
* Talk to your local council and find out what laws or actions are currently in place to protect turtles from artificial lights during breeding season, and how well these laws/actions are regulated. Encourage them to implement curfews for properties and businesses with lights facing the ocean during breeding season, or constructing barriers that shield the beach from the lights and stop turtles being able to access roads and drains.
* Take initiative and be a turtle-friendly resident or business owner. Install light shields that ensure your lights can’t be seen from the beach; turn off external lights at night during breeding season; close curtains at night.
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With almost every species of Sea Turtle listed as endangered or critically endangered, we must act fast to ensure their future.
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📷 BBC
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End Extinction International 🌏💚🐾🌱

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Hello! my UAL LCC graduation film will be screening on LCC Postgraduate Show: Show 2!
Launch Night (will be screening only on this day!!!): Lecture Theatre A
Wednesday 5 December: 6 – 9pm
Show open:
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Thursday 6 December 11am - 9pm
Friday 7 December 11am - 9pm
Saturday 8 December 11am - 9pm
Sunday 9 December Closed
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